1988 Duke Blue Devils football team

The 1988 Duke Blue Devils football team represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Steve Spurrier, the Blue Devils compiled an overall record of 7–3–1 with a mark of 3–3–1 in conference play, and finished sixth in the ACC. Duke played home games at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 p.m.	at Northwestern*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	SV	W 31–21	24,713	[1]
September 10		at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 31–26	93,144	[2]
September 17		The Citadel*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 41–17	12,400	[3]
September 24		Virginia	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 38–34	20,200	[4]
October 1		at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 17–15	39,372	[5]
October 15	4:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN	L 17–49	83,356	[6]
October 22		Maryland	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		L 24–34	23,800	[7]
October 29		at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 31–21	40,393	[8]
November 5		Wake Forest	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)		L 16–35	35,500	[9]
November 12		at NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)		T 43–43	52,000	[10]
November 19		North Carolina	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)		W 35–29	28,400	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel

Awards and honors

• Anthony Dilweg, ACC Offensive Player of Year
• Steve Spurrier, ACC Coach of Year

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